Darin Najem
@darinnajem.bsky.social
Just plain and simple Bajoran man from STO that loves Star Trek, Star Wars, Avatar, AvP, Dune, vintage science-fiction, film studies, comics, literature, modern art, writing fan ficion, gaming, human rights, the list goes on and on.
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ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
<<Chavez pleaded with council members to offer more support to his community. He told them how terrifying it was to see videos every day of people detained just because they looked or sounded a certain way.
“We are fighting for our rights and we are getting treated like animals,” Chavez said.>>
“We are fighting for our rights and we are getting treated like animals,” Chavez said.>>
“I’m scared for my parents to walk out there, to walk out of their house, because I might not be able to say goodbye to them if they go to work. I might not ever be able to say bye or see them again,” Chavez told the council, his voice breaking. www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/11...
‘I shouldn’t be scared,’ says Hillsboro teen whose emotional testimony on ICE enforcement went viral
The teen whose city council testimony went viral has started an online fundraiser to raise money for Hillsboro community members whose loved ones have been impacted by ICE enforcement.
www.oregonlive.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
<<Chavez pleaded with council members to offer more support to his community. He told them how terrifying it was to see videos every day of people detained just because they looked or sounded a certain way.
“We are fighting for our rights and we are getting treated like animals,” Chavez said.>>
“We are fighting for our rights and we are getting treated like animals,” Chavez said.>>
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari outside
of Speaker Mike Johnson's office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
of Speaker Mike Johnson's office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari outside
of Speaker Mike Johnson's office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
of Speaker Mike Johnson's office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
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Literally published yesterday and it’s already… obsolete?!
Can we all sit down and remember that the last time they made a Star Trek show geared towards the middle of the country they gave us Enterprise and it tanked the whole franchise for 10years?
Someone needs to read the proverbial room better
Can we all sit down and remember that the last time they made a Star Trek show geared towards the middle of the country they gave us Enterprise and it tanked the whole franchise for 10years?
Someone needs to read the proverbial room better
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Literally published yesterday and it’s already… obsolete?!
Can we all sit down and remember that the last time they made a Star Trek show geared towards the middle of the country they gave us Enterprise and it tanked the whole franchise for 10years?
Someone needs to read the proverbial room better
Can we all sit down and remember that the last time they made a Star Trek show geared towards the middle of the country they gave us Enterprise and it tanked the whole franchise for 10years?
Someone needs to read the proverbial room better
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⚡️ Under the hood, Russia’s 'Reaper' drone copy is shockingly American.
The Orion was set to be Russia’s flagship unmanned vehicle until that position was usurped by Iranian-designed Shaheds.
The Orion was set to be Russia’s flagship unmanned vehicle until that position was usurped by Iranian-designed Shaheds.
'Follow the contracts' — Under the hood, Russia’s 'Reaper' drone copy is shockingly American
The Orion was set to be Russia’s flagship unmanned vehicle until that position was usurped by Iranian-designed Shaheds.
kyivindependent.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
⚡️ Under the hood, Russia’s 'Reaper' drone copy is shockingly American.
The Orion was set to be Russia’s flagship unmanned vehicle until that position was usurped by Iranian-designed Shaheds.
The Orion was set to be Russia’s flagship unmanned vehicle until that position was usurped by Iranian-designed Shaheds.
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
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“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
"Democracy defenders have repudiated Trump’s attacks on mailed ballots and claims of voter fraud—a longtime right-wing bugaboo unsupported by facts on the ground."
With Baseless Fraud Claim, White House Says Trump Preparing Anti-Voter Executive Order — Asked to provide evidence supporting her claim of voting fraud in California, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, “It’s just a fact.”
With Baseless Fraud Claim, White House Says Trump Preparing Anti-Voter Executive Order | Common Dreams
Asked to provide evidence supporting her claim of voting fraud in California, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, "It's just a fact."
www.commondreams.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"Democracy defenders have repudiated Trump’s attacks on mailed ballots and claims of voter fraud—a longtime right-wing bugaboo unsupported by facts on the ground."
Everytime I read something and I think "oh, that's too horrible to be true" I factcheck it and find out it is, in fact, true.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Everytime I read something and I think "oh, that's too horrible to be true" I factcheck it and find out it is, in fact, true.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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This was horrific to watch. Agents entering a daycare, wrestling with and abducting a teacher in front of small screaming children. I just… what the fuck are we doing here.
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This was horrific to watch. Agents entering a daycare, wrestling with and abducting a teacher in front of small screaming children. I just… what the fuck are we doing here.
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The absolute f*cking audacity of expecting anyone in Europe to feed Americans for FREE after all the bitching, whining and outright lying he's done with regards to Europe paying "their fair share".
It's not that Europeans wouldn't do it either, it's just the unmitigated gall of expecting it.
It's not that Europeans wouldn't do it either, it's just the unmitigated gall of expecting it.
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The absolute f*cking audacity of expecting anyone in Europe to feed Americans for FREE after all the bitching, whining and outright lying he's done with regards to Europe paying "their fair share".
It's not that Europeans wouldn't do it either, it's just the unmitigated gall of expecting it.
It's not that Europeans wouldn't do it either, it's just the unmitigated gall of expecting it.
This is as embarassing as it can possibly get. US soldiers instructed by their government to beg from scraps from foreign food banks intented for homeless and extremely poor.
Luckily somebody realized in time that it's not exactly a good look and took it off the website.
Luckily somebody realized in time that it's not exactly a good look and took it off the website.
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This is as embarassing as it can possibly get. US soldiers instructed by their government to beg from scraps from foreign food banks intented for homeless and extremely poor.
Luckily somebody realized in time that it's not exactly a good look and took it off the website.
Luckily somebody realized in time that it's not exactly a good look and took it off the website.
This is mafia behaviour, pure and simple. Let's just exclude US from any sort of international decisionmaking from now on.
And if there is a diplomat on any side that is so easily intimidated to the point they can't serve the interest of a country they represent? They should be immediately fired.
And if there is a diplomat on any side that is so easily intimidated to the point they can't serve the interest of a country they represent? They should be immediately fired.
Omg😱
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO — a highly unusual gambit that left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO — a highly unusual gambit that left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is mafia behaviour, pure and simple. Let's just exclude US from any sort of international decisionmaking from now on.
And if there is a diplomat on any side that is so easily intimidated to the point they can't serve the interest of a country they represent? They should be immediately fired.
And if there is a diplomat on any side that is so easily intimidated to the point they can't serve the interest of a country they represent? They should be immediately fired.
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Max Eastman’s autobiography, Love and Revolution, has a truly harrowing discussion of the massive crackdown on dissent that accompanied the beginning of World War One. Read excerpts here, assembled by Charlie Sykes, and resolve never to let it happen again.
It Did Happen Here - by Charlie Sykes - To the Contrary charliesykes.substack.com/p/it-did-hap...
It Did Happen Here
A reminder of our fragile rights
charliesykes.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Max Eastman’s autobiography, Love and Revolution, has a truly harrowing discussion of the massive crackdown on dissent that accompanied the beginning of World War One. Read excerpts here, assembled by Charlie Sykes, and resolve never to let it happen again.
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Musk and DOGE are already responsible for the deaths of 399,138 children
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
www.impactcounter.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Musk and DOGE are already responsible for the deaths of 399,138 children
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
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In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
"Lawyers and advocates nationwide say the practice of keeping people in #detention after they win in court has become much more entrenched in recent months."
I can't honestly imagine the system can be any more broken than it already is. Loopholes for #ICE to exploit everywhere you look.
I'm sick.
I can't honestly imagine the system can be any more broken than it already is. Loopholes for #ICE to exploit everywhere you look.
I'm sick.
“You don’t know the way out.”
They’ve won in court, but ICE is still detaining and trying to deport them.
They’ve won in court, but ICE is still detaining and trying to deport them.
They’ve won in court, but ICE is still detaining and trying to deport them
Inside the “psychological torture” regime targeting migrants who can't be sent home
www.motherjones.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"Lawyers and advocates nationwide say the practice of keeping people in #detention after they win in court has become much more entrenched in recent months."
I can't honestly imagine the system can be any more broken than it already is. Loopholes for #ICE to exploit everywhere you look.
I'm sick.
I can't honestly imagine the system can be any more broken than it already is. Loopholes for #ICE to exploit everywhere you look.
I'm sick.
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This Dia de Los Muertos, we remember and honor the lives lost in immigration detention.
There have been at least 25 deaths in ICE custody since the Trump administration took office, a record number of deaths within a calendar year since 2006. This is the deadliest year in ICE custody in decades.
There have been at least 25 deaths in ICE custody since the Trump administration took office, a record number of deaths within a calendar year since 2006. This is the deadliest year in ICE custody in decades.
November 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This Dia de Los Muertos, we remember and honor the lives lost in immigration detention.
There have been at least 25 deaths in ICE custody since the Trump administration took office, a record number of deaths within a calendar year since 2006. This is the deadliest year in ICE custody in decades.
There have been at least 25 deaths in ICE custody since the Trump administration took office, a record number of deaths within a calendar year since 2006. This is the deadliest year in ICE custody in decades.
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Chicago and Broadview, 11/1/25
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Chicago and Broadview, 11/1/25
"In the last two months, the U.S. military’s Southern Command has gone on a murder spree by following the Trump administration’s illegal orders..."
“The U.S. has now murdered 57 civilians in attacks on 14 civilian boats,” said the UN Special Rapporteur for the protection of human rights. “A systematic attack on civilians is a crime against humanity under international law. When will other governments speak out?”
Read more: bit.ly/3L8OTFr
Read more: bit.ly/3L8OTFr
November 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"In the last two months, the U.S. military’s Southern Command has gone on a murder spree by following the Trump administration’s illegal orders..."
Damn my memory, I was counting on my fingers but I totally lost track how many countries did US threatened with war since little orange führer took over. I remember Panama, Greenland, Mexico, Canada, Iran, Venezuela, now there is Nigeria... what else? Help me here, I'm sure there is more.
Trump says he's instructing the Department of Defense to prepare for military action against Nigeria
November 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Damn my memory, I was counting on my fingers but I totally lost track how many countries did US threatened with war since little orange führer took over. I remember Panama, Greenland, Mexico, Canada, Iran, Venezuela, now there is Nigeria... what else? Help me here, I'm sure there is more.
"Since the resumption of the Return to the Homeland Plan last February of this year, more than 16,000 nationals have returned to the country as part of the State's effort in support of Venezuelans who are detained and persecuted in the United States..."
283 migrantes repatriados desde Estados Unidos llegaron a Venezuela: https://www.el-carabobeno.com/283-migrantes-repatriados-desde-estados-unidos-llegaron-a-venezuela/
283 migrantes repatriados desde Estados Unidos llegaron a Venezuela
Desde la reanudación del Plan Vuelta a la Patria el pasado mes de febrero del presente año más de 16.000 migrantes han regresado al país
www.el-carabobeno.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Since the resumption of the Return to the Homeland Plan last February of this year, more than 16,000 nationals have returned to the country as part of the State's effort in support of Venezuelans who are detained and persecuted in the United States..."
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Masked ICE goons in Durango, CO, steal an elderly woman’s phone, grab her by the hair, and throw her down a hill. This was during a peaceful protest over ICE kidnapping a father and two children from a local school. #AbolishICE
October 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Masked ICE goons in Durango, CO, steal an elderly woman’s phone, grab her by the hair, and throw her down a hill. This was during a peaceful protest over ICE kidnapping a father and two children from a local school. #AbolishICE
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This #DiaDeLosMuertos, we honor the lives of immigrants who died seeking safety, in ICE custody, or at the hands of a system that failed to protect them.
They were mothers, fathers, friends, and neighbors.
We carry their memory forward in our fight for dignity, safety, and justice for immigrants.
They were mothers, fathers, friends, and neighbors.
We carry their memory forward in our fight for dignity, safety, and justice for immigrants.
November 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Here is the thing. Possibly the deepest and most primal root of the contemporary rise of #fascism in the #USA. Give me a moment, I will get there.
1) Let me first give you the necessary context. I'm an admin in a support and info-sharing group for persecuted #immigrants and #ICE victims.
1) Let me first give you the necessary context. I'm an admin in a support and info-sharing group for persecuted #immigrants and #ICE victims.
November 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Here is the thing. Possibly the deepest and most primal root of the contemporary rise of #fascism in the #USA. Give me a moment, I will get there.
1) Let me first give you the necessary context. I'm an admin in a support and info-sharing group for persecuted #immigrants and #ICE victims.
1) Let me first give you the necessary context. I'm an admin in a support and info-sharing group for persecuted #immigrants and #ICE victims.